I'm not unemployed anymore - I actually have a very fabulous job as a preschool teacher with the University of Michigan child care centers. But I'm still posting, albeit a little more irregularly, and I don't want to ignore the personal progress I've made since starting this blog by renaming it.

Blog inspiration: I read 48 States in 48 Days by Paul Jury in the summer of 2011. It was fabulous...although he planned way less for his roadtrip than I would have. And at the same time, my lovely Anna was constantly reminding me that our lives were awesome, despite the fact that we didn't have job prospects, new cars, boyfriends/husbands, houses, etc., like so many people we knew. So, in an effort to appreciate my life and the crazy uncertainty that it is, I started writing this blog about the little adventures I have. (And by "writing a blog," I mean "making a list" because I make lists, not narratives.) Even if there isn't a BIG adventure that happens every day, I try to find at least one thing to list :)

Sunday, September 30, 2012

In The First Place (Sept 29)

  • Great competition day yesterday. Started with the amazing hospitality of Karen, letting me spend the night and then making me a very yummy breakfast. And having such a great conversation with me that I was late to rehearsal...oops. I was also late because I NEEDED to stop at Starbucks. No, really, I did. And it was a good thing I did because I got to educate a family about competitive marching band! They were behind me in line and asking about the "Cirque Du Soleil" reference on the back of my t-shirt (my show shirt from this year). I explained to them about the show, and then how competitions work, what I do with the band, and it's relation ti DCI. It was a couple and their teenage daughter and they were really interested in everything I was saying - it was so cool! Once I got to the school, I taught the girls how to do sock buns and re-realized how awesome they (the sock buns, that is) are! They just make the perfect little buns. We refined the make-up look and they looked fierce and ready to go :) Then we had a great practice, in the beautiful sunshine, where we had the field to ourselves. It was a lot of fun and one of my favorite ways to spend a Saturday. After that, we finished getting ready and - get this - the guard was ready 10 whole minutes before we were supposed to load the buses. 10 MINUTES! And I didn't even have to do anyone's hair or make-up on the bus! Amazing. I rode in front of the bus with Lauren and Katherine and had lots of fun chatting with them. (At one point, Lauren told me I should teach high schoolers. Melissa told me that last year too...maybe I should think about it?...) Once we were at the competition, I glitter-fied the girls and we headed to warm-up. On the way, I got to see/chat with Chad, Alex and Timon! Yay! It was so fun to see them, I just wish we could have talked for longer - though we did get to chat long enough for Chad to ask about Korea and be impressed that I got an MCBA "Director" badge :) It's so crazy to me that friends from college (who are my age) are in charge of marching bands and music programs. It's so cool! And I love that I get to see them throughout the competition season. After a pretty good warm-up, we headed to the field. We had a good show - not as musically good as last week but still strong, and visually better though we still have a lot to work on. It all balanced out though and we ended up getting "Best General Effect" and 1st place! It's all relative to who we're competing against, of course, but I am still proud of and excited for the kids. Can't wait to finish everything off! Last thing that was memorable was Lauren showing Brad a misspelled text from a friend and Brad saying that maybe the friend typed it with his typewriter...he meant "keyboard" *smh* :)
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